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Come Clean
Author: velveeta jones
Date: 09/27/2009 13:18:17
"...art can transcend pain." Roman Polanski spoke these words when he won the Oscar for Best Director for the emotional film "The Pianist" in 2003. Roman has long been one of my favorite directors, he and his movies are iconic and will be with us long after he's gone: Rosemary's Baby, Death and the Maiden, Chinatown, Tess and one of the films that got me interested in the study of film 1965's "Repulsion".
Roman has not set foot in the US or UK since his indictment of child rape in 1977. Last night, he was finally arrested for his crime.
It is hard to like someone so much for there great art, or great work, but know that they have some heinous crime or have some sordid history attached to them. Roman is one of those for me. I love his films but hate that he probably is, a sexual predator - one of the lowest of the lows. A crime so disgusting and soul-killing that is, in my opinion, sometimes worse than murder.
So when he made that remark after winning the Oscar, I couldn't help but think, that "art transcending pain" could also apply to him and to his fans. If Roman could read this I would tell him: come clean. Admit what you did and make amends, even if that means jail. Certainly you've brought enough pain to those you've abused and to those of us who want to like you and want you to receive the honors that you deserve for your work. Admitting you did something wrong and making atonement is the greatest thing you can do for yourself as well as those you've victimized. So come on Roman. If you didn't do anything wrong, then fight. But if you did - then do the right thing.
PS: This advice goes for Dick Cheney, Rummy, Gonzo and a few more in the old Bush administration as well.
I leave you with a clip from Repulsion. This man can say so much with so little words. Amazing stuff:
Roman has not set foot in the US or UK since his indictment of child rape in 1977. Last night, he was finally arrested for his crime.
The Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody in Switzerland after travelling to collect an award at the Zurich film festival.
The festival organisers, who had been due to give the 76-year-old director a lifetime achievement award, did not give details of the arrest, but it is believed to be over a 31-year-old US arrest warrant. The director fled the US in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
Polanski was detained by police yesterday as he travelled from France to Switzerland to receive his award.
A Zurich police spokesman, Stefan Oberlin, confirmed Polanski's arrest, but refused to provide more details because he said it was a matter for the Swiss justice ministry. A ministry spokesman, Guido Balmer, declined to comment.
In a statement, the festival organisers said they had "learned of his arrest with great dismay and sadness", but stressed that they would go ahead with a planned retrospective of his work and present the award on another date.
It is hard to like someone so much for there great art, or great work, but know that they have some heinous crime or have some sordid history attached to them. Roman is one of those for me. I love his films but hate that he probably is, a sexual predator - one of the lowest of the lows. A crime so disgusting and soul-killing that is, in my opinion, sometimes worse than murder.
So when he made that remark after winning the Oscar, I couldn't help but think, that "art transcending pain" could also apply to him and to his fans. If Roman could read this I would tell him: come clean. Admit what you did and make amends, even if that means jail. Certainly you've brought enough pain to those you've abused and to those of us who want to like you and want you to receive the honors that you deserve for your work. Admitting you did something wrong and making atonement is the greatest thing you can do for yourself as well as those you've victimized. So come on Roman. If you didn't do anything wrong, then fight. But if you did - then do the right thing.
PS: This advice goes for Dick Cheney, Rummy, Gonzo and a few more in the old Bush administration as well.
I leave you with a clip from Repulsion. This man can say so much with so little words. Amazing stuff:
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Comment by 
BobR on 09/27/2009 15:31:25
BobR on 09/27/2009 15:31:25
wow - he finally got arrested? I guess he should have checked to see which states had extradition treaties with the U.S.
Comment by 
Raine on 09/27/2009 15:52:50
Raine on 09/27/2009 15:52:50
Interesting. A few newspapers published the AP's internal Notes About Roman Polanski Arrest As News.
Come on doesn't anyone proofread ANYTHING anymore?
Come on doesn't anyone proofread ANYTHING anymore?
Comment by 
velveeta jones on 09/27/2009 16:02:30
whoops. In the race to be first in this 24 hour news circle, mistakes are made way too much.
velveeta jones on 09/27/2009 16:02:30
Quote by Raine:
Interesting. A few newspapers published the AP's internal Notes About Roman Polanski Arrest As News.
Come on doesn't anyone proofread ANYTHING anymore?
whoops. In the race to be first in this 24 hour news circle, mistakes are made way too much.
Comment by Raine on 09/27/2009 17:55:46
Raine on 09/27/2009 17:55:46
This is not a pretty game between the Pats and the Birds.
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 09/27/2009 18:23:27
I was going to watch the game in glorious Black & White as at irregular intervals I "fire up" my antique TV. Last time I ran it maybe 9 months ago the picture was fine, but there was no sound and I found that one of its transformers had opened up. So I wasn't expecting anything but a picture. Problem was how to get a DTV converter hooked up.
When I power up an antique piece of equipment, I always use a "Variac" and bring the line voltage up very slowly and watch how much power it is drawing with a wattmeter. After about 30 minutes of this, I started seeing a picture, but what amazed me was that I had sound as well.
Unfortunately, when I got close to what would be considered "normal line voltage", bad things started happening (the wattmeter was going up real fast and the sound was humming) and I shut it down. I doubt very much if I damaged anything, though if I had just plugged it in and turned it on I would have probably had a bit of smoke.
Doing what I did with my old radio last winter on this thing (a general restoration replacing most of the parts) would be a major undertaking, at least a month of weekends. But I also wouldn't have any fear of running it for long periods of time afterwards. And I know in general everything works right.
So I'm just listening to the Pats/Birds on the FM radio.
trojanrabbit on 09/27/2009 18:23:27
Quote by Raine:
This is not a pretty game between the Pats and the Birds.
I was going to watch the game in glorious Black & White as at irregular intervals I "fire up" my antique TV. Last time I ran it maybe 9 months ago the picture was fine, but there was no sound and I found that one of its transformers had opened up. So I wasn't expecting anything but a picture. Problem was how to get a DTV converter hooked up.
When I power up an antique piece of equipment, I always use a "Variac" and bring the line voltage up very slowly and watch how much power it is drawing with a wattmeter. After about 30 minutes of this, I started seeing a picture, but what amazed me was that I had sound as well.
Unfortunately, when I got close to what would be considered "normal line voltage", bad things started happening (the wattmeter was going up real fast and the sound was humming) and I shut it down. I doubt very much if I damaged anything, though if I had just plugged it in and turned it on I would have probably had a bit of smoke.
Doing what I did with my old radio last winter on this thing (a general restoration replacing most of the parts) would be a major undertaking, at least a month of weekends. But I also wouldn't have any fear of running it for long periods of time afterwards. And I know in general everything works right.
So I'm just listening to the Pats/Birds on the FM radio.
Comment by 
livingonli on 09/27/2009 18:52:32
livingonli on 09/27/2009 18:52:32
The weird thing here is both the Giants and Jets are playing at the same time. It's probably been years since the two teams had games scheduled at the same time. And then at 4pm we have to settle for Miami-San Diego as the late game.
Comment by 
TriSec on 09/28/2009 00:00:37
TriSec on 09/28/2009 00:00:37
L'Sockes d'rouge Stinketh.